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Paul Pogba tension at Manchester United should be considered normal, says Steve McClaren, with the 89 million man frustrated at his form.

Reports of a rift at Old Trafford have emerged following a recent benching of the midfielder and Jose Mourinhos willingne s to haul him off at Greg Little Jerseys regular intervals.

Such talk has been quickly played down by the Red Devils bo s, with , but Pogba was mi sing once again on Saturday after .

His absence has only served to , while also sparking summer transfer rumours, but McClaren believes the situation is under control and is merely another example of a player displaying his disappointment during an uncharacteristic dip.

Uniteds former a sistant manager told Sky Sports: "If you're a football manager, every day you deal with tension in the dre sing room.

"Every Terron Armstead Jerseys day you deal with at least 11 unhappy players who haven't played on the Saturday, three players John Jenkins Jerseys who have been brought off are unhappy, three players going on are unhappy because they should have gone on earlier.

"It's the life of a football manager that players are going to be unsettled, unhappy if they're not playing well. That's the situation at Manchester United with Pogba.

"He's the same as any other player and Mourinho has come out very strongly in a statement that's really said 'I'm Miami Dolphins Accessories in control' and it's about controlling players, not about keeping them happy.

"Sir Alex Ferguson once said to me: 'Steve, players are here to make us happy and pleased, not us to make them happy and pleased. They're here for us'."

Pogba, as Uniteds record signing, has been placed squarely under the microscope since he returned to Old Trafford from Juventus in the summer of 2016.

Much has been made of his contribution and a , but McClaren believes recent wobbles are Brennan Scarlett Jerseys down to an early-season hamstring injury which disrupted a promising start to the 2017-18 campaign.

The ex-England bo s added: "What Mourinho has is a disappointed, unhappy player because he is not playing well. Before he got injured, he was the best Manchester United player and he's struggling after injury to get back to that form.

"That is all and this is normal, you ask any manager in any football club. They will Emmanuel Ogbah Jerseys have players who are exactly the same. It's only highlighted because it's Pogba and everybody a sumes behind the scenes that there is tension and friction between the two. Of course there is, there always is with top players."